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Updated original post. Please help with my crazy non-coop pullets!
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I would put my chicks, one at a time, each night for about a week, and put each in the coop allowing them to 'climb' the ladder. I did not use an open ladder though. I used a board with ladder 'rungs'. It took about a week but once they got the hang of it, they went in by themselves every night
They are chickens & afraid of the dark.
I don't have the option to run a light out there.
As to this suggestion:
I have tried to get them to climb it, one at a time, but they either fly off one side (usually) or they huddle down and won't move at all. They are messing with me.I also use a board with "rungs" of wood going up the top for them to hop up.
The thing is, I *know* they can get up the ladder - I have seen the little suckers do it! They just won't go up at night.